Hope is necessary in every condition.

I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much.

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

Wealth is nothing in itself; it is not useful but when it departs from us.

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance, there are min

Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.